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There is a renewed debate about the death penalty after Christa Pike survived two execution attempts in Tennessee. So how widely used is the death penalty in the US? BBC Verify’s Jake Horton has looked into the facts and figures. Produced by Krystal Campos and Meiying Wu; Graphics by Mark Edwards and Leo Scutt-Richter

Tony Stepanow, from Finland, attends a sauna during the International Sauna Congress 2026 in Oslo, Norway, Sept. 25, 2026. Siv Dolmen for NPR hide caption toggle caption i Siv Dolmen for NPR The belief that heat can benefit the mind and relieve psychic suffering has a long history across human societies. But when Eva Hilland … Read more

Journalist Meredith Lepore admits it: She really can hold a grudge. She says her typical grudge can last five to seven years – or even longer! She felt snubbed when 12 years ago friends didn’t give her a bigger role in organizing a bachelorette party. “I don’t think I ever planned a bachelorette party after … Read more

Inset: Jenna Menias. Background: The area in Frankfort, Ill., where Jenna Menias was allegedly struck and killed by a distracted school bus driver (WLS/YouTube). The family of a 6-year-old Illinois girl is suing her school district after she was allegedly run over and fatally injured by a substitute bus driver just seconds after stepping off … Read more

Per Svenningsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, explained: “Optogenetics provides opportunities for mapping the brain in a way that we could once only dream of.” Before, the inner workings behind feelings, behaviours and bodily functions were more of a mystery to scientists. Optogentics is a way to illuminate brain pathways, using … Read more

Poor employment and sticky inflation did not cause equities to budge much this week. MANHATTAN (CN) — Investors were bombarded with a raft of key economic data this week, but they kept their powder dry. The three major U.S. indices diverged this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 651 points for the week, … Read more

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel are the joint recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics,” the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden announced on Monday.  Deisseroth, 55, a professor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University; Hegemann, 72, a professor … Read more

Emma Heming Willis paid tribute to her husband Bruce Willis during World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week and vowed that his diagnosis won’t “be in vain” as she continues to bring awareness to the disorder. Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in February 2023, which is an umbrella term for a group of rare disorders that … Read more

The dating industry’s lead trade group is urging Apple and Google to block a new dating app that the convicted fraudster known as the Tinder Swindler says he plans to launch to safeguard women from similar criminals. Simon Leviev, soon to turn 36, who inspired a 2022 Netflix documentary by that alias after achieving notoriety … Read more

Also: Illnesses in Salmonella outbreak in Prague rise to nearly 400 Published: October 05, 2026, 12:06 am Enhanced testing of poultry meat for Salmonella in the Czech Republic has found the pathogen in a quarter of samples. The State Veterinary Administration (SVS) stepped up inspections targeting the presence of Salmonella in imported poultry meat at … Read more